Joan Wiffen

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Joan Wiffen

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Introduction
Paragraph 2	Early life	Born in ?? Lived where?? Married to…?? KIds?? What was her job?? First fossil she ever had was given an Ammonite (fossil of an ancient squid) that made her interested in finding fossils.
Paragraph 3	Discovering fossils	First in NZ. 1975. Mangahouanga Stream in Hawke’s Bay. dinosaur tailbone from a theropod.  From six different species. Joan and family and friends.  Fossils were in rocks, used some special tools to split the rocks open, carried it to her car.
Paragraph 4	Changing ideas about fossils	An Australian paleontologist Dr Ralph Molnar confirmed it was a dinosaur bone in 1980.  Other people started looking for fossils and found some - page 24.
Paragraph 5	Later life	Honorary doctorate in 1994.  Died in ?? She is remembered - her fossils are kept safe. Some are at the University of Auckland, some are at National Paleontological collections at GNS Science in Lower hutt. The first one she found is on display at Te Papa.
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Joan Wiffen is an explorer and she is from New Zealand. She is the first person who found a fossil in New Zealand.

                                     

Joan Wiffen was born on the 4th February 1922 and lived in New Zealand. She was married to Pont Wiffen and had 2 kids. Her job was to be a paleontologist and she worked at the university so she could study about fossils. First fossil she ever had was given an Ammonite (fossil of an ancient squid) that made her interested in finding fossils.

                                                       

                                     

She was the first in New Zealand and the first person in NZ to find a dinosaur tailbone. She found it in Mangahouanga Stream in Hawkes bay. The dinosaur tailbone was from a theropod and from six different species. Joan her family and friends went with her to go and open the rock with a hammer and this other sharp thing that looks like a hammer but it is not. They opened it and they found a Skull; Rib bones; Forepaws; feet; teeth; tail bone and a backbone. Then they took it warped it in a little bag then shoved it into their bag and went to search for more bones.

                                            

In Australia there was a paleontologist called Dr Ralph Molnar. He confirmed to Joan Wiffen that it was a bone in 1980. There was 4 famous people that found fossil and there names are Joan Wiffen and her friends and family; Brendan Hayes; Dr Greg Browne and Dr Jeffry Stilwell. These are the people who also went and found fossils. Around New Zealand.

                                            

                                                                     

Joan Wiffen died on the 30th of June 2009. She was remembered by other people because she was the first person who found a fossil bone. Her fossils are kept safe in the University of Auckland and some are *Paleontological collections ( someone who keeps stuff safe). Science was a lower hutt The first bone she found is displayed at Te Papa. Te Papa is a museum where they keep your things safe inside and they tell you who made it who found it and why they wanted to do that.

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We all remember her because we write stories about her and read information about why she was a paleontologist. She was the first ever person who found the tailbone of a therpod with her family and friends.